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Well... I'm italian, I live in Turin and work in Milan as a web developer... which is 150 Kms away... so... I don't have much time for "the tech scene", meetup
by andreapaiola 10y ago
Well... I'm italian, I live in Turin and work in Milan as a web developer... which is 150 Kms away... so... I don't have much time for "the tech scene", meetup or "open-source".
Once upon a time in Turin there was FIAT and work... now not so much... but is a beatiful city.
- iuguy 10y ago+1 for Turin being beautiful. I wondered what the tech scene was like when I was there, seems like the town isn't yet spoilt by tourism. I should go back.
- andreapaiola 10y agoTourism means also money... anyway the tech scene is not big... there is the WordCamp https://2016.torino.wordcamp.org/ https://2016.torino.wordcamp.org/ and the Politecnico http://www.polito.it/ http://www.polito.it/ with some startups http://www.i3p.it/ http://www.i3p.it/ but not much work...
- gshrikant 10y agoLast I heard, Fiat (now FCA) was still headquartered in Turin. Isn't it now?
- andreapaiola 10y agoyeah, but once upon a time there was Mirafiori https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Mirafiori https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Mirafiori https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirafiori_Nord#Gli_anni_dell.27immigrazione_e_del_boom_economico_.281950-1970.29 https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirafiori_Nord#Gli_anni_dell.2... with thousands of workers... not much R&D tech but related...